Informational Text
To inform or teach readers
What is another word for narrative writing?
Story/stories
Read the answers and decide which sentence uses one of the prefixes dis-, un-, or re- incorrectly.
Please reover your missed problems on the math assignment. (Sentence 4)
What do we call groups of lines in poems?
Stanzas
Rachel painted her fence.
In this sentence, her is a ___________.
Pronoun
Which sentence does not belong in the following paragraph?
In 1996 scientists in the Amazon forest of Brazil discovered a new kind of monkey. It is the sixth new species of marmoset to be discovered in South America. Luckily, many people are working hard to help save these animals. The orange-haired primate is about the size of a squirrel. The marmoset eats fruit and insects. Sometimes it chews little holes in tree trunks, and when the sap oozes out, it slurps it up.
Luckily, many people are working hard to help save these animals. (Sentence 2)
What information tells you that Susie was caught in a storm?
Susie had been raking the leaves for her grandmother. She raked all the leaves into a large pile and then she put the rake back in the garage. She looked up at the sky and saw it was getting dark. She decided she had better start to head home. All of a sudden, a gust of wind hit her face and raindrops splattered on top of her head.
The sky was dark
The wind began to gust
Raindrops splattered her head.
Choose the sentence in the passage that tells how bats are different from birds.
Some people may think that bats are birds because bats fly. Bats have wings. Birds also have wings. Many birds eat insects. Some bats eat insects, too. Birds have feathers that cover their bodies, but bats have fur.
Birds have feathers that cover their bodies, but bats have fur. (Sentence 6)
Be a Friend
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
Pity him who's sadly sighing,
Just a little labor spend
On the duties of a friend.
Be a friend. The pay is bigger.
(Though not written by a figure)
Tan is earned by people clever
In what's merely self-endeavor.
You'll have friends instead of neighbors
For the profits of your labors;
You'll be richer in the end
Than a prince, if you're a friend.
What theme is developed by this poem?
A Friends worry about each other
B Forming a friendship takes effort
C Friendship leads to great rewards
D Neighbors can be wonderful friends
Friendship leads to great rewards
What set of words completes the sentence?
_____ every Monday morning.
A When I am asleep
B The hot summer heat
C A loud truck wakes me
D If my window is open
A loud truck wakes me
Read the paragraph.
It is fun to grow a bean plant. You will need a large plastic cup, four lima beans, soil, water and sunlight. Fill the cup about halfway with soil. Place the lima bean son top of the soil. Put more soil on top of the beans. Water the soil, and then place the cup near a window with lots of sunlight. Soon, you will see a plant begin to sprout.
What completes the list of steps?
1. Get everything you need
2. Fill the cup halfway with soil
3. _______________________
4. Place more soil in the cup
5. Water the soil
6. Place the cup near a sunny window
Put the lima beans in the soil
The New Playground
Carlos and Ricky lived on the same street. One day, they went to the new playground. They has been waiting for weeks for it to be finished. They were excited!
The playground was huge. It had places where kids could climbe and run. It has a nice picnic area too, but there was alo lots of trash. The trash bin had plastic bottles spilling out of it.
"I wish we could do something about the trash," said Ricky.
"'We can!" Said Carlos. He picked up some bottles and put them in his backpack. Ricky then did the same. They took the bottles home and recycled them.
What is the lesson in the passage? What detail best supports your answer?
A problem can be easy to fix.
They took the bottles home and recycled them
The President's Cabinet
In the United States government, the cabinet consists of the vice president and fifteen secretaries who are responsible for various parts of the government. Although the president appoints the secretaries, they must be approved by a vote in the senate. Each member of the cabinet advises the president. These people are trusted with important tasks and with helping to make decisions.
What word has the same meaning as appoints?
Chooses
Knows
Leads
Visits
Chooses
The theme of the following poem is that friendship can lead to great rewards. What piece of evidence best supports that theme?
Be a Friend
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
Pity him who's sadly sighing,
Just a little labor spend
On the duties of a friend.
Be a friend. The pay is bigger.
(Though not written by a figure)
Tan is earned by people clever
In what's merely self-endeavor.
You'll have friends instead of neighbors
For the profits of your labors;
You'll be richer in the end
Than a prince, if you're a friend.
A. Pity him who's sadly sighing
B Just a little labor spend
C Than is earned by people clever
D You'll be richer in the end
You'll be richer in the end
Which word best completes the sentence?
Lily put on a ____ of shoes and got dressed
A bunch
B group
C pair
D pile
pair
The earth has five oceans. They are part of one large ocean. Ocean water covers most of the planet. The oceans are very salty. The oceans are very important to life on Earth. Many plants and animals live in the oceans. The oceans also help make the weather on Earth. Water moves from the ocean to the sky. Later, the waterfalls as rain or snow. In this way, oceans provide Earth with the water that people, animals and plants need to live.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Oceans are important to life on Earth
Milan and his dad were excited to go to the outdoor market. They especially liked tasting the fresh peaches.
A woman selling peaches handed one to Dad. Dad took a bite. "This is delicious," said Dad as he gave it to Milan.
Milan agreed. The peach was wonderful. Dad pointed to where a band was playing. "Let's go listen," said Dad.
"The band is too loud," said Milan. "Let's keep walking."
They got to a stand with sample of drinks makes from vegetables. The samples were green! Milan thought they were strange. Dad drank five different samples. He said they all tasted great.
How are Dad's ideas different from Milan's ideas? Come up with two answers.
Dad likes trying new things
Dad wants to listen to the band
What phrase in the passage best helps you understand the meaning of the word notorious?
Although raccoons eat plants, they are also capable hunters and fishers. Raccoons commonly search for food in shallow water and along the banks of ponds and streams. They will eat almost anything. In cities and suburbs, they often cause problems. Raccoons are notorious for knocking over garbage cans while searching for food scraps. Their tendency to trample and dig up plants in gardens also has contributed to their bad reputation.
their bad reputation.
How is poetry different than a narrative?
What word is incorrect in the passage? What would the correct word be?
Kara and her sisters wake up at 7. They makes their beds and put on their clothes. They eat bowls of cereal. Then, they brush their tooths before they go to school.
Tooths
Teeth
An informational passage about the White Crowned Sparrow has the following headings
1. What They Look Like
2. Where They Live
3. What They Eat
4. How They Nest
5. How They Raise Their young
6. What Their Songs Sound Like
Under which heading would the author include information about white crowned sparrow babies?
Read the story. Which two sentences should Mason add to his story?
Sophie is going to visit her Aunt Dora and uncle Steve. They live on a big farm far from the town where Sophie lives. There are many fun things to see and do there.
When Sophie visits her aunt and uncle, she always has a lot to do. First, she goes to the barn to help feed the cows. Then, she helps her cousin Brandon collect eggs from the henhouse. After that she feeds the family's dogs. But today will be different. Today, Sophie will help care for three brand new baby kittens!
A Uncle Steve sings in a band.
B Sophie helps feed the horses, too.
C. Sophie and Brandon are good friends.
D Sometimes Sophie brushes the dogs.
E Sometimes Aunt Dora and Brandon shop for food.
B and D
October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry-trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and brponzy green.
Anne revelled in the world of colour about her.
"Oh Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs. "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. Wouldn't it be terrible if we skipped from September to November? Look at these maple branches! I'm going to decorate my room with them!"
"Messy things," said Marilla, whose aesthetic sense was not noticeably developed. "You clutter up your room with out of doors stuff Anne. Bedrooms were made to sleep in."
What does the phrase aesthetic sense mean?
A A habit of working hard
B An interest in knowledge
C A need to follow the rules
D An appreciation of beauty
D An appreciation of beauty
What is anaphora in a poem and give me an example.
Anaphora is the repetition of words at the beginning of consecutive lines in a poem.
Read the sentence. What contraction finishes the sentence?
Aria _____ want to wait for the weekend to visit her cousins.